Who should attend:
This webinar is designed for technology transfer professionals with responsibility for patent procurement, patent licensing, startup development based on patents, and those managing technology transfer office dealings with investigators
Patent reform has been on the horizon for at least six years, yet never seemed to come to fruition... until now. The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA), signed into law on Sept. 16, 2011, makes sweeping changes to U.S. patent law and practice, including moving the United States towards a first-to-file system, redefining what constitutes prior art, expanding prior user rights as a defense to infringement, adding new options for challenging patents, revamping administrative proceedings at the USPTO, and modifying the USPTO fee structure. What do the new provisions say, and when do they actually take effect? AUTM, along with its higher education association partners, has been on the front lines of the reform debate.
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